Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea. The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside...

North Korea has fired artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea. Artillery shells at one of border islands are killing two marines and two civilians.
The South's military placed on its highest non-wartim...

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down Map of Moneron Island RussiaRussian Far East: The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japan

Jun. 27, 1950

U.S. intervenes in Korean War The Security Council recommending to provide military assistance to the Republic of Korea. Truman ordered U.S. forces to help South Korea

Jun. 25, 1950

Korean War began North Korea: The conflict escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—invaded